The subprime meltdown led to the financial crisis, the Great Recession, and a massive sell-off in the equity markets. Understanding the Subprime Meltdown.

The meltdown of the subprime mortgage market in 2007 and 2008 led to the Great Recession. Learn more about the factors that caused the financial crisis.

The subprime market is the business of lending money to people or businesses who are at a greater risk of default on their payments.

It was an epic financial and economic collapse that cost many ordinary people their jobs, their life savings, their homes, or all three. Key Takeaways. The 2007 ...

From lenders to buyers to hedge funds, when it comes to the subprime mortgage crisis, everyone had blood on their hands.

A financial crisis is a situation where the value of assets drop rapidly and is often triggered by a panic or a run on banks.

The expansion of mortgages to high-risk borrowers, coupled with rising house prices, contributed to a period of turmoil in financial markets that lasted from ...

Subprime refers to borrowers with a poor credit history or none at all. Subprime loans carry higher interest rates to make up for the greater risk that subprime ...